A competitor has a breather during the 2012 Sky Marathon at the Shanghai World Financial Center. More than 300 competitors participated in the second edition of the Sky Marathon in China's tallest building. The vertical race takes competitors up 100 floors, covering 2,754 stairs and 474 meters. The winner, Austria's Rolf Majcen, an economist and lawyer, climbed to the top in 18 minutes and 55 seconds

Glenn Boss riding Ocean Park, left, and Mark Zahra riding Yosei ignore the beautiful sunrise as they get on with their trackwork at Breakfast With The Best at Moonee Valley Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia

How silly do you think Gunnar Jeannette and Lucas Ordonez, drivers of the DeltaWing Nissan, feel as they pose on the grid prior to the start of the American Le Mans Series 15th Annual Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta? The outfits seemed to inspire them as they performed like superheroes, running a flawless race and finishing in fifth place overall

On to the more genteel game of cricket – Nathan Hauritz of the Bulls bowls during day three of the Sheffield Shield match between the South Australian Redbacks and the Queensland Bulls at Adelaide Oval

Singer Misa Malone opts for understated as she performs God Bless America during the seventh inning stretch of Game 6 of the NLCS playoff series between the St Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco Giants

Swimmers take part in the 1.5 km Victoria Harbour race in Hong Kong. Some 1,800 swimmers braved Hong Kong waters to compete in the challenging annual harbour race across one of the world's most famous and busiest waterways